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Gjoa Haven features Amundsen, Kamookak, Martin Bergmann
Voyaging Out of the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada, September 2018: Day 4: Gjoa Haven The little kids stole the show. Five to seven years old, they emerged in pairs, jigging out into the centre of the high school gymnasium. Within seconds, we visitors were dabbing at our eyes. These innocents were dancing so intently,…
Read MoreGjoa Haven highlights this Adventure Canada voyage
DAY FIFTEEN — Gjoa Haven The people of Gjoa Haven welcomed our on-board Inuit singers as if they were rock stars. Come to think of it, they ARE rock starts. Susan Aglukark has an international reputation and following, so the screaming was no surprise. But young Kelly Fraser was also accorded a tumultuous reception. This…
Read MoreChasing history through the Northwest Passage
Voyaging in the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada. We’re going to do it again next August. Photos by Sheena Fraser McGoogan. DAY THREE: Gjoa Haven Monday, Sept. 7 Exhilarated. The word surfaced again and again as people arrived back from Gjoa Haven. Were they excited by the zodiac ride through choppy waters? No, one woman…
Read MoreNo Franklin, no Amundsen: Why the delay?
So the box contains no Franklin items. For that I was ready. But nothing related to Roald Amundsen? That was a surprise. But then my old friend Louie Kamookak clarified for me. He was one of the two men with whom I once placed a plaque on the coast of Boothia Peninsula to honour the…
Read MoreOur “mystery box” goes national . . .
Click on the above title and look to the right to see how our mystery-box story looked when it turned up on The National . . . All that’s left is the Great Reveal, which should happen around Sept. 29 . . . VIDEO: 3:06 * Franklin Expedition box unearthed An Inuit family says a…
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